Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Case Study No. 1071: Michael Galloway

ipl2: Information You Can Trust
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Check out a video about the launch of ipl2: Information You Can Trust!
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["ipl2, managed and operated for the IPL Consortium by The iSchool at Drexel" appears on screen]
[scene opens with a woman ("Eileen Abels, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs") speaking directly to the camera]
EILEEN: The ipl2 is like a digital library, so unlike search engines, it's not just surfing the web. We are searching our own collection.
[cut to a screenshot of the ipl2 website]
EILEEN: [in voice over] The items that are included in our collection, which are electronic resources that are freely available on the web, have been vetted by students and then reviewed by our ipl staff as well.
[cut back to Eileen speaking directly to the camera]
EILEEN: The ipl was founded in 1997 at University of Michigan ...
[cut to a still image of a male librarian]
EILEEN: [in voice over] In a class that Doctor Joe Janes was holding there.
[cut back to Eileen speaking directly to the camera]
EILEEN: And he asked his students what can librarians do for the internet, and what can the internet do for librarians? And thus, the ipl was created.
[cut to a male librarian ("Michael Galloway, Staff") speaking directly to the camera]
MICHAEL: The ipl Consortium is a group of colleges and universities, all of whom have library and information science departments.
[cut to students studying as the logos of various colleges appear on screen (The iSchool at Drexel, University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers, UNC, University of Washington, Syracuse University, The iSchool at Illinois)]
MICHAEL: [in voice over] What they do is buy into using the ipl at various levels.
[cut back to Michael speaking directly to the camera]
MICHAEL: Some of them are just using our reference service, and just have students answer reference questions.
[cut to more screenshots of the ipl website]
MICHAEL: [in voice over] Some of them ask to have access to research data, or ask maybe to have their students participate in developing collections.
[cut to a young woman ("Robin Naughton, PhD Student") speaking directly to the camera]
ROBIN: This project has been a very collaborative effort. Um, our weekly meeting includes ... like faculty, staff, even some of the folks from the IT department. And doctoral students. And we all work together to make this possible.
[cut to more screenshots of the ipl website, then to a female library student ("Lindsay Cummings, MSLIS Student") speaking directly to the camera]
LINDSAY: "Ask a Librarian" is a part of the Internet Public Library where anyone of any age who wants to know about anything can come and ask for help from a librarian.
[cut to a woman ("Linda Marion, Associate Teaching Professor") speaking directly to the camera]
LINDA: People ask questions, a huge variety of questions. Some are trivial and silly, some are really important and heartbreaking. And yet it is your job, as the professional, to try and assist them in getting the information that will answer their need.
[cut back to Lindsay speaking directly to the camera]
LINDSAY: Sometimes that answer's found on the open web, such as Google. Sometimes it's found on the deep web, in databases.
[cut to a female librarian pulling a book from the shelves]
LINDSAY: [in voice over] That's when you as a librarian need to say, "Okay, I know this reference book will probably have the answer."
[cut back to Linda speaking directly to the camera]
LINDA: Those of us involved with answering questions are constantly amazed. We think, "Gee, everyone knows they can go to their local library and talk to a librarian." But, as a matter of fact, people don't know that.
["That is by far the most helpful extensive answer I've ever gotten for any question I've ever asked about anything on the internet. Thank you very much - Boston" and "Thanks so much for the great information. I knew what I wanted was hard to find on the internet and was hoping for just this type of information. I will definitely use you as a resource again and recommend you to others! You've really helped me out. - Iran" appear on screen]
LINDA: The ipl is invaluable for a lot of people, in the US and abroad.
[cut back to Eileen speaking directly to the camera]
EILEEN: Although the ipl emerged first as a teaching/learning environment, it's also provided fabulous research opportunities.
[cut to more screenshots of the ipl website]
EILEEN: [in voice over] We have utilized it in several grant submissions, several of which have been successful, and there are new ideas all the time, so it's cross-disciplinary.
[cut back to Eileen speaking directly to the camera]
EILEEN: So there are many opportunities available for both the research and teaching components of the ipl2.
[cut back to Robin speaking directly to the camera]
ROBIN: This overall project has really helped to influence what I'm going to do, because it's right up my alley, basically!
[cut to more screenshots of the ipl website]
EILEEN: [in voice over] It's gonna be forever continuing to evolve with the new and emerging technologies, and so we're very excited as we continue this tradition of having the ipl2 be the grassroots effort that ipl was as well.
["Check us out! ipl dot org" appears on screen]

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From ipl.org:

ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment. To date, thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions for our Ask an ipl2 Librarian service and in designing, building, creating and maintaining the ipl2's collections. It is through the efforts of these students and volunteers that the ipl2 continues to thrive to this day.

In January 2010, the website "ipl2: information you can trust" was launched, merging the collections of resources from the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) websites. The site is hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology, and a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science are involved in developing and maintaining the ipl2.

Managing Partner Universities

The iSchool at Drexel College of Information Science and Technology (2007-)
Florida State University College of Information (2007-)
University of Michigan School of Information (2007)

Partner Universities

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science (2007-)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (2007-)
University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2008-)
Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (2007-)
Syracuse University — The School of Information Studies (2007-)
University of Texas at Austin - School of Information (2009)
University of Washington Information School (2007-)

Participating Universities

Kent State University's School of Library and Information Science (2009)
University of Maryland College of Information Studies (2007-)
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science (2008-)
San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science (2009)
St. John's University — Division of Library and Information Science (2009)
Die Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart (2008)
University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Information & Media Studies (2009)
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School of Information Studies (2007-)
Valdosta State University - Division of Information Technology (2009)

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